What should a developer know before building a public web site?

[niyazpk]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-developer-know-before-building-a-public-web-site

[mcantor]

This has definitely been posted before... I feel like StackOverflow isn't the right tool for this kind of info, either. Wasn't there some kind of website that sought to document all of the "checklist"-style information out there?

[smarterchild → mcantor]

There are many, I think. I know of one offhand: http://lite.launchlist.net/

I'm making a wiki with some of them but that's the only one I have on hand, aside from the SO post.

[skawaii → smarterchild]

That's a nice looking site. Thanks for sharing it.

[skawaii → mcantor]

Not sure, but it does feel like a wiki-style Website is better suited for maintaining the list.

[InclinedPlane → skawaii]

Stackoverflow is a wiki-style website. Anyone with enough rep can edit the accepted / top-voted answer.

Indeed, according to the stats it has been edited 71 times by 31 users, the biggest contribution from a single user is just 31% of the total. Seems pretty wiki to me.

[skawaii → InclinedPlane]

I see. I look at StackOverflow, but have never engaged in posting, so I didn't know that the site worked that way.

Look at that! Learned something new today!

[callmeed]

I'm not convinced an XML sitemap is crucial for seo—except perhaps for the new extensions (video, etc.)